Add Sharon Stone to the list of stars working in New Orleans
this spring and summer. The Oscar-nominated actress ("Casino") has joined the
cast of the action comedy "American Ultra,"
which stars Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg and which started shooting in
town Monday (April 14).

She joins a growing cast that includes Bill Pullman and Tony
Hale -- whose involvement was
announced this week -- as well as previously announced cast members Topher
Grace, John Leguizamo and Walton Goggin. Nima Nourizadeh ("Project X") is
directing for Lionsgate, based on a script by Max Landis ("Chronicle").

The film tells the story of a stoner (Eisenberg) whose life
with his live-in girlfriend (Stewart) is upended when his past comes back to
haunt him -- in the form of a government operation set to eliminate him.
Stone's character is named Victoria Lasseter, according
to Deadline, but it's unclear how she fits into the story.

"American Ultra" is scheduled to shoot in New Orleans
through June 10. It is one of a number of major projects shooting, or preparing
to shoot in town this spring and summer. Others include the Will Ferrell comedy
"Get Hard," the
Nicholas Sparks drama "The Best of Me"
and the sci-fi sequels "Jurassic World"
and "Terminator:
Genesis."